Plants that Flower in May

Longer days and warmer nights mean that plants are bursting with energy. Zesty colours will come from spurges, rhododendrons and the early-flowering geraniums.

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How much sun

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All scented flowers (16)
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Attractive to wildlife

Attractive to bees (62)
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Attractive to pollinators (45)
Attractive to wildlife (51)

Quick growing

No (5)
Quite (103)
Yes (38)

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Medium (62)
Small (69)

Special features

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Autumn foliage colour (8)
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Coloured leaves (11)
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Evergreen / semi evergreen (31)
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Flower spires (21)
Flowering (127)
Large leaved (3)
Long flowering (10)
Low maintenance (59)
Makes a good hedge or screen (7)
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Plants that show resistance to deer and rabbits (26)
Plants that will cope with the odd football (12)
Resistant to diseases (31)
Scented flowers (2)
Small leaved (7)
Stylish in the border (11)
Sublime umbelliferas (9)
Suitable for containers (22)
Suitable for hanging baskets (1)
Tough plants that are harder to kill (7)
Winter colour (29)

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September (3)
October (3)

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March (11)
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May (12)
June (5)
July (5)
August (6)
September (11)
October (10)
November (1)

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January (1)
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March (1)
April (1)
May (1)
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September (1)
October (1)
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December (1)

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Ready made borders

Ready-made border Autumn colour (3)
Ready-made border Blending purples (2)
Ready-made border Blue and silver (1)
Ready-made border Budget (2)
Ready-made border Chalky soil (1)
Ready-made border Cool grasses and hot exotics (3)
Ready-made border Cool shade (1)
Ready-made border Cottage garden scheme (3)
Ready-made border Dark and light (3)
Ready-made border Divine summer (2)
Ready-made border Dry Mediterranean (4)
Ready-made border Early colour (1)
Ready-made border Elegant and architectural (3)
Ready-made border Fiery summer (2)
Ready-made border Flowers for pollinators (1)
Ready-made border Fresh and wild (3)
Ready-made border Gravel garden (2)
Ready-made border Keep it cool (3)
Ready-made border Lime-green and orange (3)
Ready-made border Planting the woodland edge (4)
Ready-made border Red summer (2)
Ready-made border Sandy soil (3)
Ready-made border Scented garden (1)
Ready-made border Shady sanctuary (2)
Ready-made border Soft Summer (1)
Ready-made border Spring colour (5)
Ready-made border Steamy jungle (1)
Ready-made border Sun lovers (2)
Ready-made border The grand experience (1)

Planting combinations

Astrantia and Digitalis plant combination (1)
Blue and silver plant combination (2)
Blue and yellow plant combination (2)
Brazen plant combination (1)
Contemporary plant combination (1)
Damp shade plant combination (1)
Dazzling colour weed-smothering plant combination (1)
Drought tolerant plant combination (2)
Dry shade plant combination (2)
Edible flowers plant and seed combination (1)
Evergreen groundcover plant combination (1)
Green and white plant combination (1)
Henry Agg Dog friendly plants (1)
Iris and Trollius plant combination (1)
Low maintenance gems plant combination (2)
Pimpinella and Pennisetum plant combination (1)
Pinks and purple dry shade plant combination (1)
Self seeding seed combination (1)
Shady chalk plant combination (1)
Shady lady plant combination (2)
Slug resistant plant combination for shade (1)
Structured shade plant combination (1)
Sun baked plant combination (3)
The Highgrove Mediterranean Garden Collection (1)
The Highgrove Mixed Delphinium Collection (1)
Tiarella and Brunnera plant combination (2)
Year round groundcover plant combination (1)
Yellow and gold plant combination (1)

Hardy

No (1)
Semi (12)
Yes (118)

Leaf colour

Blue (7)
Bronze (3)
Green (116)
Purple (6)
Red (1)
Silver (5)
Variegated (5)
Yellow (1)

Ground cover

No (84)
Yes (46)

Position

Back of border (12)
Bottom of hedges (16)
Conservatories (1)
Covering eyesores (6)
Front of border (67)
Middle of border (60)
Next to a patio (4)
Next to a pond (15)
Next to an entrance (18)
Next to seating areas (23)
Steep banks (26)
Walls & fences (1)

Shape

Fountain (1)
Weeping (1)

Soil moisture

Damp (18)
Dry/Sandy (56)
Normal (124)

Used at Chelsea

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2004 - Sir Terrance Conran - Laurent-Perrier (4)
2005 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (9)
2006 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (6)
2007 - Jinny Blom - Laurent-Perrier (18)
2008 - Arabella Lennox-Boyd - Daily Telegraph (6)
2008 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (4)
2009 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (1)
2009 - Ulf Nordfjell - Daily Telegraph (16)
2010 - Andy Sturgeon - Daily Telegraph (10)
2010 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (8)
2011 - Cleve West - Daily Telegraph (11)
2011 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (5)
2012 - Arne Maynard - Laurent-Perrier (18)
2012 - Sarah Price - Daily Telegraph (9)
2013 - Christopher Bradley-Hole - Daily Telegraph (15)
2013 - Ulf Nordfjell - Laurent-Perrier (6)
2014 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (5)
2014 - Tommaso del Buono - Daily Telegraph (9)
2015 - Dan Pearson - Laurent-Perrier (7)
2015 - Marcus Barnett - Daily Telegraph (12)
2018 - Sarah Price - M & G (8)
2018 Tom Stuart-Smith - Garfield Weston Foundation (15)
2019 - Andy Sturgeon - M & G (10)
2019 - Sarah Eberley - Forestry Commission (10)
2022 - Andy Sturgeon - Mind Garden / Crocus (12)
2023 - Sarah Price - Nurture Garden (21)
2024 - Tom Stuart-Smith - National Garden Scheme (8)
2024 - Ula Maria - Muscular Dystrophy (11)

Kitchen garden planting guidelines

Propagate in green house (5)
Suitable for compact container gardening (3)
Suitable for grow beds (8)
Suitable for large container gardening (8)
Suitable for window boxes (4)
Use cloche (5)

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Tulipa 'Apeldoorn'

£6.99 - £13.98

7 × bulbs Delivered during September

14 + 7 FREE bulbs Delivered during September

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Tulipa acuminata

£12.99 - £38.00

3 × bulbs Delivered during September

9 × bulbs Delivered during September

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Convallaria majalis

£4.99 - £39.99

1 × bare root plant Delivered during November

2 + 3 FREE bare root plants Delivered during November

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Allium 'Silver Spring'

£7.99 - £15.18

1 × bulb Delivered during September

2 + 1 FREE bulbs Delivered during September

Briza media

£9.99 - £36.99

9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

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Pyrus salicifolia 'Pendula'

£44.99 - £129.99

9 litre pot | 1.2 - 1.5m tall In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)

bare root | 1.2m tall available to order from autumn

12 litre pot | 1.6m tall available to order from autumn

25% off

Ajuga reptans

~~£2.99~~ £2.24

approx 50 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 5.0 5 2

Up to 25%

Leucanthemum vulgare

~~£2.49~~ £1.87

approx 250 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

25% off

Lotus corniculatus

~~£2.99~~ £2.24

approx 100 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

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Up to 25%

Papaver rhoeas

£2.09 - £5.62

approx 2000 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

3 × packets of seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

Up to 25%

Primula veris

£2.24 - £49.99

approx 50 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

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1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 5.0 5 8

25% off

Rhinanthus minor

£2.24 - £5.62

approx 50 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

3 packets of approx 50 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

25% off

Hesperis matronalis var. albiflora

£2.24 - £39.99

approx 500 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

9cm pot available to order from autumn

3 × 9cm pots available to order from autumn

6 × 9cm pots available to order from autumn

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Silene dioica

£1.72 - £34.99

approx 100 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

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6 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

25% off

Linaria purpurea 'Canon Went'

£2.24 - £39.99

9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

3 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

6 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

approx 100 seeds available to order from autumn

0.5 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 4.5 5 2

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Aquilegia vulgaris 'Nivea'

£2.99 - £39.99

approx 70 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

9cm pot available to order from autumn

3 × 9cm pots available to order from autumn

6 × 9cm pots available to order from autumn

1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 5.0 5 3

25% off

Linaria maroccana 'Licilia Violet' (Licilia Series)

~~£2.99~~ £2.24

approx 500 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

25% off

Smyrnium perfoliatum

~~£3.99~~ £2.99

approx 20 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

Zantedeschia aethiopica 'Crowborough'

£14.99 - £47.99

3 litre aquatic pot Delivery by trusted supplier within 1 week

5 litre aquatic pot Delivery by trusted supplier within 1 week

1 litre aquatic pot available to order from summer

3 × 1 litre aquatic pots available to order from summer

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25% off

Lychnis flos-cuculi

£2.09 - £39.99

approx 1000 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

3 × 9cm pots Delivery by trusted supplier within 1 week

3 litre aquatic pot Delivery by trusted supplier within 1 week

1 litre aquatic pot available to order from summer

3 × 1 litre aquatic pots available to order from summer

Geum rivale

£14.99 - £39.99

1 litre aquatic pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

3 × 9cm pots available to order from summer

3 litre aquatic pot available to order from summer

3 × 1 litre aquatic pots available to order from summer

Cardamine pratensis

£21.99 - £39.99

1 litre aquatic pot Delivery by trusted supplier within 1 week

3 × 1 litre aquatic pots Delivery by trusted supplier within 1 week

3 × 9cm pots available to order from summer

Lychnis flos-cuculi 'White Robin'

£21.99 - £39.99

3 × 9cm pots Delivery by trusted supplier within 1 week

1 litre aquatic pot available to order from summer

3 litre aquatic pot available to order from summer

3 × 1 litre aquatic pots available to order from summer

25% off

Seedballs ox-eye daisy

£5.24 - £37.49

20 seedballs in gift tube In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

250 seedballs gardener's bulk box Delivery by trusted supplier within 1 week

500 seedballs gardener's bulk box Delivery by trusted supplier within 1 week

Up to 25%

Seedballs poppies

£5.24 - £37.49

20 seedballs in gift tube In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

100 seedballs in gift pouch In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

250 seedballs gardener's bulk box Delivery by trusted supplier within 1 week

500 seedballs gardener's bulk box Delivery by trusted supplier within 1 week

Up to 25%

Seedballs red campion

£5.24 - £26.24

20 seedballs in gift tube In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

250 seedballs gardener's bulk box Delivery by trusted supplier within 1 week

25% off

thyme common | thymus vulgaris

£2.09 - £15.98

approx 200 organic seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

2 + 1 FREE 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

sage purple

£7.99 - £15.98

9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

2 + 1 FREE 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

0.75 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star

25% off

sweet cicely

~~£2.29~~ £1.72

approx 5 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

25% off

chives 'garlic'

£1.64 - £15.98

approx 120 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

2 + 1 FREE 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star

Lily of the valley collection

£18.95 - £37.90

1 × collection | 3 bare roots Delivered during November

2 + 1 FREE collections | 9 bare roots Delivered during November

Zantedeschia aethiopica

£6.99 - £19.00

9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

1 × bulb available to order from winter

3 × bulbs available to order from winter

0.25 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star

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